Water cooler



l April 23, 1963 D. LEvlN WATER COOLER Filed April 21. 1951 United States Patent O 3,086,374 WATER COOLER David Levin, 608 Lucerne Mansions De Villiers St., Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa Filed Apr. 21, 1961, Ser. No. 104,688 3 Claims. (Cl. 62-391) This invention relates to an improved mounting for the display of advertising matter.

Much of the business of the modern world depends on advertising and advertising to be effective depends upon the means used to bring the advertising matter to the notice of the right people. The provision of some valued service provided with the display of the advertisement serves to impress the latter on the recipient of said service.

It is understood therefore that an advertisement coupled with some required and sought after service enhances the value of an advertisement.

One of the best places for certain advertisements is in first-class hotel bedrooms but advertisements exposed in such places are not welcomed.

The object of this invention therefore is to provide a mounting for advertisements which will be acceptable and at the same time to couple with such mounting some service which will afford attention to the advertisement.

In accordance with this invention the mounting for displaying advertising matter comprises a cabinet, a compartment therein, advertising panels forming the lining in said compartment; also therein a supply of drinking water continually cooled; doors adapted to be opened Ito give access to the cold water and to expose said panels in the compartment itself and on the backs of the doors.

Other lfeatures of the invention provide for means associated with said cabinet to enable it to be attached to a wall; for said cabinet to embody a refrigeration unit; for said panels to be part of the required heat insulation and for said panels to carry also va directory for a hotel and/ or similar information.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one preferred form of the invention. l

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cabinet acting as a mounting for advertisements,

FIG. 2 is a view of the cabinet open and exposing the advertisements, and

FIG. 3 is a side view of the cabinet fastened to a wall and drawn to an enlarged scale.

In the drawings 11 is a sheet metal cabinet which is fastened to a cradle 12 xed to a wall 13. The cabinet 11 is narrow in width so that when hung in position on cradle 12 it will not stand out too lfar from the wall 13. Conveniently a small ventilation space is left between the back 14 of the cabinet and the wall 13.

Near the top par-t 15 of the cabinet 11 is a tank 16 for drinking water with an opening 17 at the top for replenishing it. The tank 16 is insulated against heat and below it is a compartment 18. The cabinet 11 contains a suitable refrigeration unit 19 which is shown with dotted lines in FIGS. l and 3. It is built in and round the tank 16 for -continuously making and maintaining a low temperature in the water in tank 16. The tank 16 and the refrigeration unit is fastened to and supported by the cradle 12.

The compartment 18 below the tank 16 contains a faucet 20 through which water may be drawn from the tank 16.

The compartment 18 is suit-ably lined and is closed with doors 21. These doors 21 on the inside 22 are covered with panels 23 on which are mounted the advertisements 24 it is desired to display. A shelf 28 may 3,086,374 Patented Apaaa, 1963 ICC be hinged to fall between the doors 21 on the opening `of the latter.V

There is also room for suitable advertisements 25 in front of land hiding the refrigeration system 19 and in front of the insulation at 26 on the tank 16.

The cabinet 11 is designed to form a valuable adjunct to the furnishings of a hotel room. From an aesthetic point of view advertisements, or even a private directory for the hotel services, are not readily acceptable if they are normally exposed. However it is advantageous to have advertisements in a hotel room, it is also frequently considered a necessity to have ice cold water always readily available. With this invention the cold water is obtained on the exposure of the advertisements, and therefore the lining of the cabinet is made to provide a mounting for the advertisement.

The refrigeration system 19 can act quietly and inoifensively and requires only a simple electrical connection. The water supply can be replenished through inlet 17 in the daily routine service to the room.

The cabinet 11 may serve also as the receptacle for other articles which may be considered necessities or desirable and should certainly provide a directory for vthe hotel services `for example at 27 on panel 23 above 2S.

In use the cabinet with its supply of cold water will be a valued asset. The opening of the cabinet doors will display the advertisements mounted in Ia prominent way. In other words this invention provides an improved mounting for advertisements and at the same time givtes service by providing a constant supply of cold wa er.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wall mounting compri-sing a narrow rectangular hollow cabinet, a horizontal elongated rectangular shaped water tank disposed in the upper portion of said cabinet for holding drinking water therein, a filler opening in the top of said water tank, said cabinet having a compartment positioned directly below said tank, a faucet depending from the bottom of said water tank disposed 1n said compartment, a water container supported in said compartment below said Ifaucet to receive drinking water therefrom, a refrigeration unit operatively co-nnected to said water tank yfor maintaining the drinking water therein cold, said refrigeration unit being disposed in said cabinet in the lower portion thereof below said compartment, two doors hinged to the front wall of said cabinet -for access to said compartment vfor obtaining a drink of water, U-shaped cradle means disposed on the rear of said rcabinet -for atixing it to a wall to provide a yentilating space between the rear of the cabinet and the wall to which it `is affixed, said wall mounting providing a neat compact and narrow cabinet for obtaining a drink of water therefrom and which may be readily disposed in a hotel room the yfront surface of said cabinet and the rear surface of said doors adapted to support advertising media whereby the advertising media is exposed to the view only when said doors are open.

2. The wall mounting of claim l wherein, hinged horizontal shelf means are disposed in said cabinet in the front wall thereof adjacent said doors and are operatively connected to said cabinet to fall downwardly and between said doors and extend outwardly of said cabinet when the doors are opened to provide a shelf therefor.

3. A water cooling and advertising device adapted to be mounted on the surface of a vertical wall comprising a rectangular cabinet, said cabinet including parallel rectangular vertically extending Ifront and- -rear walls, horizontally extending rectangular upper and bottom walls, vertically extending rectangular spaced parallel 3 end walls, said top, bottom and end walls connected between adjacent edges of said front and rear walls so as to dene a box-like chamber, a horizontally extending elongated rectangular shaped water tank extending;r substantially the entire distance between said end walls, the top of said tank being provided with a ller opening, a faucet secured to the center of the bottom of the tank and extending downwardly therefrom, a refrigeration unit operatively connected to said water tank `for maintaining drinking water therein cold, said refrigeration -unit located in a lower portion of said chamber, said front wall having an enlarged rectangular aperture therein and including a vertically extending cover plate -extending over said rectangular aperture and covering the front of said tank and the front of said refrigeration unit, a horizontal shelf `for supporting a water receptacle secured within said chamber directly below said faucet and above said refrigeration unit, a removable water receptacle having an open top supported on said shelf directly below said faucet, said cover plate being provided with an opening so as to provide access to said water receptacle and faucet, said rectangular aperture formed in said front wall exposing substantially the entire front surface of said cover plate, a pair of :doors pivotally connected to :said front Wall at the side edges of said aperture and adapted to completely close the aperture when the doors are pivoted to a coplanar position, a second shelf below said first mentioned shelf extending across the lower portion of said aperture below said first mentioned shelf and pivotally connected to said cabinet so as to be pivoted within said chamber or supported in a horizontal position as the bottom of said chamber, support means connected to the back surface of said rear wall and adapted to support said cabinet on the vertical wall surface in spaced relationship thereto, the rear surrfaces of said doors and the front surfaces of said cover plate adapted to support advertisements.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 176,847 Elbreg May 2, 1876 1,543,980 Blood June 30, 1925 1,993,841 House Mar. 12, 1935 2,108,898 Lyons Feb. 22, 1938 2,365,786 Tull Dec. 26, 1944 

1. A WALL MOUNTING COMPRISING A NARROW RECTANGULAR HOLLOW CABINET, A HORIZONTAL ELONGATED RECTANGULAR SHAPED WATER TANK DISPOSED IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CABINET FOR HOLDING DRINKING WATER THEREIN, A FILLER OPENING IN THE TOP OF SAID WATER TANK, SAID CABINET HAVING A COMPARTMENT POSITIONED DIRECTLY BELOW SAID TANK, A FAUCET DEPENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID WATER TANK DISPOSED IN SAID COMPARTMENT, A WATER CONTAINER SUPPORTED IN SAID COMPARTMENT BELOW SAID FAUCET TO RECEIVE DRINKING WATER THEREFROM, A REFRIGERATION UNIT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID WATER TANK FOR MAINTAINING THE DRINKING WATER THEREIN COLD, SAID REFRIGERATION UNIT BEING DISPOSED IN SAID CABINET IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF BELOW SAID COMPARTMENT, TWO DOORS HINGED TO THE FRONT WALL OF SAID CABINET FOR ACCESS TO SAID COMPARTMENT FOR OBTAINING A DRINK OF WATER, U-SHAPED CRADLE MEANS DISPOSED ON THE REAR OF SAID CABINET FOR AFFIXING IT TO A WALL TO PROVIDE A VENTILATING SPACE BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE CABINET AND THE WALL TO WHICH IT IS AFFIXED, SAID WALL MOUNTING PROVIDING A NEAT COMPACT AND NARROW CABINET FOR OBTAINING A DRINK OF WATER THEREFROM AND WHICH MAY BE READILY DISPOSED IN A HOTEL ROOM THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID CABINET AND THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID DOORS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT ADVERTISING MEDIA WHEREBY THE ADVERTISING MEDIA IS EXPOSED TO THE VIEW ONLY WHEN SAID DOORS ARE OPEN. 